| Show i Mutiny of the Albatross l THE STORY Floyd Unwin find end Howard tike tik dinner with an anold anold anold old college collee chum Alfred Gibbons financial magnate Unwin pro pro- produces products pro produces duces ducts n R written pledge e aken by bythe bythe byth the three at college to help each other th r In 10 explaining that he h needs need financial assist assist- assistance a anc ance t to educate ducat his bis son lion on Bob and dau daughter Mary Gibbons scoffs coT at the th legalIty le allty ot of o the th pledge M but agrees u to male mali a place for tor forthe forth the daughter In his bla organization Mary Unwin Is la stenographer to toa toa toa a wealthy debauches debauchee Elgar way Had tad way at Gibbon olace all as a arranged a Mary le III asked to tob betray tray her hT employer s I secrets cr t and refuses fu Rad v ay ny plans plan an ocean voyage f to reeo recover er from the th et- et effects t-f t of ot dissipation Mary ry ti is to togo togo toro go ac as secretary her hT brother to accompany hT hor painting pl on t tYe tk e Maine coast is III and taken aboard a averel vessel Ills His clothes are an ar found by Gibbs a 0 from justice who ho done doni don them and goes to n Dot Dot- tl t a s studio ind nd there thore th r falls to his hll hi death d ath finds hot he lii is Ab aboard ard Radway wa a 8 yacht acht Is questioned d by a aman aman aman man knoll knol known n us IU the th Boas BOils Boes lIe He lIeIs Heis HeIs Is honn sho n an Account of ot GIbbs death the th body being Identified IUS as L Bettington The Th Do Do Does III In- In Intend intends t In-t tends tend to bold hold Radway for tor 1 1 1000 ransom ranion-L CHAPTER Continued V-Continued V Continued 6 When the Doss Boss bent his lit eyes on Metzger the engineer leaned back In his chair and sunk his yellow teeth In the cigar Metzger had worn sworn to unmask the riddle he was as compelled to call the flos Boss the man who had tapped him on the shoulder disclosed his power and commanded him to be become come coma the engineer of the Albatross Metzger was wa sitting In the corner of ot a aNest West Nest street saloon not fat fai from street Ue He had more money In his pocket than his appearance Indicated 1 and was afraid to spend It lie was as wonder wonderIng lug Ing to what to town n he should go and It It must be some town where ft here he h could be sure of ot not meeting certain detectives cs who ho had their sue concerning him Tho The of n a stranger a small smiling well dressed man iran put an end to speculation The stranger had In his ear cur certain charges chares ag ag tint a man whose u n me was v not Metzger 1 let et the min ho had engineers engineer 5 pipers s calling him Metzger dared not deny lIe He rose followed follo ed the stranger and was US now nowen en engineer And that promised was still afar olT o IT and the lie gold cold Its n had sa saved ed was as still In hIs money belt This Tills This Is our chief en engineer Her Jer Jerman Herman nerman man ger Metzger Metzger er Is not his name There was ns n a Herman Metzger hut but his life went out as a knife went n-ent nentIn In at Macao Macau where the Portuguese opium dives are It wa way was our engl engi engineer's neer's hour lie killed a man took his woman oman and became a chief en Incer all In the same even evening In ThIs fondness for Cor women omen may yet be his ht undoing Next Next ext Mr Ir I cary enry commands your nt at Doctor When hen I su suggested ested that he lie should accompany us us lr first t officer he refused Tuen I spoke ot of the and ad wreck of ot the Pendennis on the ManaclEs ManaclE's when so many were lost Without a word I J eary reconsidered ed edthe the situation As a murderer we e must reckon Mr Leary Lenry In the wholesale way of business Lean Leary s confusion was not due to tonny any heart pangs pang over the ship be he had cast a away ny for a share of the Insurance ance ante money It was wag a I Inarticulate rage e that he dared not bent beat Into pulp the smiling face and still that sneering s olce oice for tor e es ever everI er erI erI I eat easy y pointed to B Bettington At any rate he was as not ld of 1 What hat s a the Idea of letting him In Inon inon Inon on all this Metzger nodded vehement approval It Its Ita putting a weapon In his hand said aid Metzger Uc Uc le too has his history said the theDos Dos Boss Gentlemen this Is the celo cele Andrew Orme once of Yale and later of ot San Quentin lou ha hale e edone done murder munIer so 80 his he lie Ills This use here hereon hereon on board Is s a n double one I first as ship hip s surgeon and second as a forger torger r of first rank lank 1 anI Metzger looked at him with respect lIe remembered the trial years back 1 No 10 0 wonder bo ho looked coldly on corn com crooks crook like Sam am Ilm In all things s Metzger liked class was as vastly relieved that the mistake In his Identity remained Interview had ban i bed for ever eTer the hope that the Boss was ns Insano Insane and had begun an en ad adventure ture which would end In failure As Assuredly A these three men were not to tall fall because of lack of ot brute courage And thero there were others whom he be b had hadnot hadnot not yet met subordinates subordinatE's of these tb three who ho would stand or fall fuU with Ith them He lIe was n-as wondering It If the tasks tasu demanded ot of him might not vet It betray him as ns an Imposter when hen the Boss oss rapped on the table The Thc main reason renson why we are here tonight he said laid ald Is ls to correct certain thin Impressions which are ar held by somo omo of my men man lout You lou Leary were gratified that I allo allowed ed you to take one of the guest ruest rooms from Bar Dar Har Ilar- Harbor bor to New York Mr Hallett was as scandalized but kno knows s better thin to U j conclusions The same S1 try with me thIn thing to you vou ou Metzger er You used the tho room the tho doctor has bas now nose Metzger looked at Leary 1 hat v hat did the Bess ts mean 1 They were already Iu In their usual quarters lou lots probably ero not aware n ware that those rooms were weft planned by a It for for- Ey y WYNDHAn MARTIN MARTYN I IN TUB u a Service mer owner who bo placed In Inso inso Inso so that he might 0 overhear what was said Eald About him by two guests gue ts whom whom he suspected The Boss took from his pocket a pad of paper Metz Metzger Metzer said on many occasions that there was no reason on because I commenced a aTO TO voyage age I should ever finish It Leary said that It would not take him ten seconds to pick me up break breal my neck and dump mo me Into the ocean Ue lIe turned to look at the two men TheIr confusion was Intense They ln knew w denial was wag us useless less Don t give such uch concern the Boss Doss admonished It It was wag a per perfectly natural thing to sty siy Self elt pre pre- preservation Is the Hie first law one Is told I could put you each one In ot of your our life lite and you know It I am amnot amnot amnot not In the lent least offended I Irose have ha rose e no doubt time the doctor here has lias his own plans for my sudden death and that Sam although he has resisted Uon will HI eventually e fall Into it It Bettington looked d at nt the man with n amazement lie He e was calm and cool Ills smile mlle was as lie 1001 ed edat edat at four tour men whom he lie belle believed ed to be murderers and unrepentant and de Oed fled them With wont wint weapon Let bet Let wondered was seas this to be ae ac accomplished hat lint hat a fool I should l have been to come Into a n ship like this without cafe are guardIng myself m self first I In my mv home city there Is a lawyer who attends to tomy tomy tomy my business Recently he made my Ill 11 hen y hen this o a s ge Is os 0 over er I shull go 0 bock back and amid destroy a letter on which It says sn q sot ot ot to be opened until one year from flom date In that letter is 18 I nn an account of ot the Ute life and works of each of you gentlemen I hn tins e a also given myself the trouble to pen memoranda concerning our cook cool Kenzle Kenzie the sec second secand second and ond engineer arid Hamner Ham Hamner ner I shall talk tall to them tomorrow but I think you will find It le leto to watch over my health very care care- carefully carefully fully If It I am killed you go back to prison all aU of ot you 1 list do you want us Ul to do Leary asked anxiously Do your jour duty without giving gh Ing Hal lIal leU Jett cause for e I don t went his suspicions to tike such shape shupe as aswill HI make di distrustful trustful That n d-n d n boy no Hob Bob Is In the the- thew ty lY Sam gt grumbled We Were re all like Uke one f do down n thet there e In the tore fore forecastle forecastle castle and we hive e to keep hep mum be because because because cause of him I J belle believe e he hes s bl been cn planted there for tor a purpose The Boss BObS shook his held head Mr Ir tad fiad Hadway way ay told me all nil about it He Ele Is the gIrl s brother sent on board as a n sort of chaperon She JOl need one Sam sniggered She s sure a little beauty 1 l None one 1 of that slid stid the Boss noss ly Iy We lYe are her here to mike mika money and not to fool with nIth women nomen Dont Don't stare at her Sam bim I cm n see you ou frighten her III I 11 break an man mun here who d s my Instructions l mm min has his lips rights on sea as aswell aswell well ell as land Metzger observed ed Im Impartially partially If It If I see a pretty tty woman n oman on shore I stare at her and If It I see seea seea seea a pretty woman oman aboard I 1 do the same thing Sam likes chickens ns I dontI dont don't I m all fur tor class Radway Hadway s wife wife- wife she s class The Boss was wis for them to tobe tobe tob be gone Ue lie waved 1 ed them to the door dour I I only Insist you disarm suspicIon and God Cod knows with flees f like me you three carry that s hard work I don t twant twant want vant you vou ou and Sam fighting over a girl Me re and Sam said Metzger e W e re nut not rivals rl Metzger had de decided tided bv by b this time he h did not like the tho doctor Ue lIe what Innumerable able occasions there would be for him and Mrs ay to meet and It made him him exasperated that his duties dutle were ere not of ot a n different sort The Doe Doc hero here and I are the ones that would get scrapping ale nin t we turned his back bael on him When hen they bad had gone gon he be looked looted at the theDo Do Boss s It If those two tw tn o 0 brutes got bot loose there II 11 be I h-I h 1 to pay I I keep leep them chained said the theother theother theother other I I m glad you seem to be get getting tang on with those women omen Im I'm keep keep- keeping ing lug Hallway quiet Find out what bat women omen friends Mrs Irs Had ay has loo 1011 may ha have hale e to write to them later Inter and the use of or an pet names Is always It should not be difficult for Sou vou ou to find Ond out what I 1 want is hy by not asked coldly Because Mrs Radway Is 18 a woman oman and women always trust the tho wrong man at a their history proves She thinks you JOU are the soul of ot probity be- be because be because cause e your fate masks your soul so sowelL sowell sowelL welL Those men who hive just gone ad ads the seven seen SO en deadly sins when hen c eser er they look at nt one one and are less dangerous I I like Ilk Mrs Irs ay said Betting Bettington Bettington Bettington ton and and no matter what I ha has have e a done according to your ideas no woman need be b afraid of me Ion lou were right to warn Metzger lou may as yell ell t tell him that If It he be tries to force tore himself him self Belt elf on Mrs Irs Radway I shall give gibe him hima n a bea beating tin The Boss leaned user over 0 er time the table and looked the other man full In the f ice The hands were ere clenched and the olce that spoke was sharp and metallic You You heard beard what hat I said about quarreling over women You risk a great deal by taking that tone to me lOCo less I ess than you think on answered lIe He knew his hia remark would puzzle the other and aed he be was wu right Do not let us misunderstand one another said the Loss Boss with a n more cordIal manner You and I stand to secure enough money out of ot this to tomake tomake tomake make ourselves es Independent for tor life J The 1 he others here are pawns ns on the board and can cnn be b sacrificed ced when time the time comes We must not Imperil our success by misunderstand misunderstandIng In Ing I do not want Mrs In suited and I dont don't want Metzger In one ot of his jealous rages to go to Hallett or Hallway and talk There Is always ays such a possibility In the air And If It happened 1 II-I II U 1 let loose as al vou sou observed In that case cast your Mrs Is In real peril Now 1 she may possibly base to endure starIn staring at ather ather ather her M Mike eke up your mind which Is the more real d Unquestionably the Dos Boss gave good flit felt tint th a n min had never TICer been In a n more difficult position than that In which n he found himself To Jo tell Hadway what he heI I hoe kness was as only to te mutiny And to wait walt until the plot matured seemed almost criminal Unfortunate V i 4 A r I Have Havo Just Had a Delicious Swim ly Iy Hallett was one of those honest and obstinate men who Imperil undertakIngs undertakings undertakIngs Ings very Tery often b bv their suspicions of what hat they do not fully understand It would be very sery ery difficult to e explain the situation to him and prevent present pre ent him from disclosing tint that knowledge ledge by an ae ac accusing accusing cusing face and a greater seventy se ot of demeanor The Boss Docs broke In on his reflections There was In Ins his voice no longer the sharp assurance of the commander Almost Almot thought ho de detected detected detected an air of You You had the reputation of ot being one of the greatest surgeons of our day he ire began Supreme skill al always always ways commands my respect I had no Idea of your ability until I read al almost almost almost most n a year ear back an nn article In the Lancet on th the operation they call by your name One One can t give up work of or that thit sort for ten vears ears and get It back mack Black Blackport Blackport port Maine killed hilled all that ton Betting could see that the Doss Boss Dosse e eyes es were fastened on the time painters s shands hands Those long sensitive hands of yours don t show me that you have lost your our sl skill Some time when we e are not so tired I want ant to have hale ha e a long Ions talk to you ou about certain surgical matters I may need your our help was as startled You 11 Il need n ed a higher aid than mIne It if Its It's anything serious It It Is not a major operation but It needs a man with Ith the tho skill you used to demonstrate I shan t need you yet This business must be b accomplished first If It you do what hat I want I will gh e my word that I shall forget all your past life lite You ou will be bo free I lou ou forget that y vou ou told e es to those three men They may not be In n a position to bear witness against you They are arc s remember went to his room In no calm me fr of ot mind The Tho Boss Doss had decreed wholesale death But for the tha moment the tir time was as not como coma for action Not hot until a month had gone by would Clements attempt to extort his WB ransom CHAPTER VI The Surgical Smile was awakened next morning by the consciousness that the Albatross had stopped and was n-as rolling gently Ue lIe roso rose and dressed dressell quIckly and ere lie he had finished the th yacht vias 01 under way once more On deck he was as surprised to see striding up and down briskly There was an nn amazing look ot of s vigor Igor and health about him lIe He came cheerily to the other others s side sille I I have just had a delicious swim It In Igor tos one I dl dived ed down an aD enormous 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